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Conquests in the Americas

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Objectives

Students will analyze primary and secondary

sources regarding the first encounters between
the Spanish and Native Americans.

RH.11-12.1 Cite specific textual evidence to

support analysis of primary and secondary
sources, connecting insights gained from
specific details to an understanding of the
text as a whole.

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Warm Up

Think about how the Europeans treated the

Africans and Asians. How do you think the
Europeans will treat the peoples of the Americas?

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Agenda

Objective

Warm Up

Chapter 3 Conquest in the Americas

Primary Source Worksheet for homework if not

finished in class.

Guided Note Sheet to be turned in

Questions 1-3

Exit Ticket Question

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Terms and People

conquistador a Spanish explorer who claimed

lands in the Americas for Spain in the 1500s
and 1600s

immunity resistance to disease

Hernn Corts conquistador who landed in

Mexico in 1519 and took over the Aztec empire

Tenochtitln (the nawch tee tlahn) the capital of

the Aztec empire

Malinche a young Indian woman who served

as translator and advisor to Corts

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Terms and People (continued)

alliance formal agreement between two or

more nations or powers to cooperate and come
to one anothers defense

Moctezuma the Aztec emperor who faced the

Spanish invasion led by Corts

Francisco Pizarro Spanish conquistador who

arrived in Peru in 1532, defeated the Incas, and
conquered much of South America for Spain

civil war a war fought between groups of

people in the same nation

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How did a small number of Spanish

conquistadors conquer huge Native
American empires?
Christopher Columbus landed in the Caribbean
islands in 1492 and sparked a wave of exploration
and conquest that would forever change the
world.
He was followed by Spanish armies that quickly
defeated the Aztec and Inca empires.

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Christopher Columbus arrived in the West

Indies and met the Tano people in 1492.
The Tanos
lived in small
farming
villages. They
were friendly
to the
Spanish.

Despite this, Columbus

and his men were
hostile. They claimed
the land for Spain and
killed any Tanos who
resisted.

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Conquistadors who arrived in the new world

in Columbuss wake followed this pattern.
A cycle began in
which Spanish
conquerors seized
Native American
gold and killed vast
numbers of people.

The deaths were a

result of both force
and disease. Native
Americans lacked
immunity to
European illnesses.

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A tiny force of
hundreds of
Spaniards
conquered millions
of Native Americans.

The Spanish had guns,

cannons, and metal armor.

They also brought horses,

which Native Americans
had never seen.

But the biggest factor

was disease. Smallpox,
influenza, and measles
killed up to 90 percent of
the native population.

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Hernn Corts landed on the coast of Mexico in

1519 with 600 men.

He planned to conquer the Aztecs and headed

inland to Tenochtitln.

Aztec emperor
Moctezuma
heard about the
Spanish before
they arrived. He
sent gifts in the
hope they would
turn back.

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Corts was aided by a young Indian woman

named Malinche, whom the Spanish called
Doa Marina.
.
Malinche served as translator and advisor to
Corts.

She helped him form alliances with Native

American groups who had been previously
conquered by the Aztecs and hated Aztec
rule.

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Corts continued on to Tenochtitln.

Moctezuma welcomed
the Spanish, but
hostilities quickly grew.

The Spanish tried to

convert the Aztecs to
Christianity.

They imprisoned
Moctezuma to gain
control of the city
and its riches.

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A new force of
conquistadors
arrived and
challenged
Corts.
Corts retreated
to plan an assault
and returned to
Tenochtitln in
1521.

In the resulting
struggle, the Aztecs
drove the Spanish out
of the city.

This time, the city

was captured and
completely destroyed.

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Francisco
Pizarro was
inspired by
Corts to
conquer the
Inca empire
in Peru.

He began this quest in

1532, directly after an Inca
civil war.

Atahualpa, the Inca ruler,

refused to convert to
Christianity. The Spanish
captured and eventually
killed him.

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Pizarro and his men overran the Inca empire

and conquered much of the rest of South
America for Spain.

Like Corts, Pizarro benefited from superior

weapons and diseases that killed millions of
natives.

Pizarro was killed by a rival Spanish group, but

his actions forever changed the continent.

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Effects of the Spanish Conquest

Spain became Europes greatest

power.
They set up silver mines and seized
huge quantities of valuable goods.

On the
Spanish

Many lost faith in their gods and

converted to Christianity.
On Native
Some continued to fight the Spanish.
Americans
Some resisted by preserving parts of
their own culture.

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Exit Ticket
How might the history of the Europeans in the
Americas be different if the Indians had not been
killed by disease?
One or two sentences.